enter sputnik, i found this site from the ratings section of a radiohead albums wikipedia page. not my favorite radiohead album anymore but after borrowing their discography from an older cousin this was the one that grabbed my attention at first. pyramid song, sweet jesus is it good.

noticed all the hype and praise surrounding this album on the web, and i had always been intrigued by deftones sound so i bought it. uuuuuuurrrgghhhhh the crushing, huge, fuzzy wall of guitars, chino's soothing chorus' and deadly screams, the sharp, pounding, catchy drums, the beautiful electronics to add even more depth. oh and apparently there's bass too. my favorite band.

i first came across converge in a kerrang magazine, strangely. "pioneers of metalcore" etc etc, i had to check them out. heard 'no heroes'... hated it, but something at the back of my head was niggling me- the odd, off tune guitar, rumbling bass and crazy drums and of course the horrifying vocals were strangely addicting to me. so yeah i bought Jane Doe and you know the rest.

'no answers' best song of 2011. potential aoty. this introduced me properly to post-hardcore, every song was so catchy, the so quiet vocals and the loud crunchy drums, the odd violent scream here and there, thick electronics, radiohead-esque layered guitar flavoured with deftones. yum.

this tought me honsesty, forget all the pretense of Radiohead or Sigur Ros or Godspeed, this is the real shit. (i know the concept is quite ambitious, but musically not lyrically). fuckin hipsters with their animal collective, tartan dressing gowns, starbucks coffee in one hand and briefcase containing their Mac and their poetry in the other. ugh makes me sick